Craft Corner

@cara Hi cara you are the second person on the forums who has mentioned scrapbooking ... can you tell me what that is and HI! 😄

@Appleblossom I vaguely remember punching empty needle holes down the lined paper too. I guess it would have been Grade 8 for me, because afer that I went into a not-Home Ec set of subjects.

I thoroughly agree with you about the sharing of stories and experiences.

The perfection of tension on a treadle machine is something I've not been able to obtain on any of the more recently produced machines. If I could, I'd have another old treadle, good ankle excercise too.

We must be about the same age @Former-Member... I chose non Hom ec stuff too.

Thanks @CheerBear

It is good for me to regain my inner domestic goddess ... lol ...integrate her with the dust/soil analysis demon.

Hello @cara and welcome to the forum and to the Craft Corner.

Paper crafts can be so pretty and absorbing, there are so many things to do with paper! Cards and scrapbooking is included in my 'oh, pretty paper things' too.

In ages past, the little ones and I used to make paper. They'd make their own gift wrapping paper and colour it, they got into making note paper and a few cards from it too. It's awfully messy! For as many crafts as I've tried, there are still so many I haven't!

If you feel it's okay to, you can share your work, but no pressure. You're welcome to come post at any time especially if you'd like some company as you work toward finishing a project.

Awesome @Appleblossom I'm picturing a t-shirt with images side by side of a domestic goddess and an earth demon - love it! That really made me smile. Not all schools allowed the non-home ec choices, I was fortunate that where I was did, sounds like so were you. Nice going.

I do think we are of an age together @Appleblossom, from some of the things I've read in your posts.

@CheerBear I love learning and I love sharing information. I sometimes can't help myself. Knowledge is power and for women, knowing how to craft and adapt for when there is less can be an enormous advantage. I can't say what I mean, my mind is a bit clogged on the enormity of it all, but I think you might all understand what I mean.

Ruffles are good! I don't quilt, I don't have the patience or the math skills/ ability. I do patchwork if I need /want to. Oh, CheerBear, do, do dust off that precious sewing machine.

There are ways to choose patterns and sizes and stuffs to make suitable wearable clothes. Also, I can show you how to undo the ones (old, not longer worn) that fit you so you can make the same again! sometimes I don't even undo them, but that can get tricksy.

Maybe we can have a craft along with our own separate projects and all do stuff together at our own pace. (I wrote that in one breath!)

The dinner bell just rang. I shall return a bit later.

Oh, goodness @CheerBear, that did make me smile when your email came in! I don't think I've ever been called a terribly great influence before. Still smiling. Thank you.

Depending on how much knowledge and skill you already have to do with sewing a fine and straight seam I usually recommend repurposing something like an old pillow case/ old sheets/ woven fabric clothing [NOT stretch fabric like t-shirt] ) into some type of simple carry bag where you use lots of different techniques in the making, to become au fait with the way the machine, fabric, and you work together.

If you're past that, then really the world is your oyster! What are you looking at making? so interested here!

Not much actual crafting happening here today. But I did get out a crochet wip that has been in the time out box for about a year. One of those twirly whirly circly mandala shawl things I got a bit too frilly with too early in the design.

After all this time of trying to figure out how to utililse the frothy frills (that were a bit of a mistake) and save the work from having to be undone, and not being able to work out something I wouldn't always be going 'yeah, shouldna' have done that, should I' at, I have just undone about 50 rows and rewound the yarn into cakes. (I do love doing the winding - it seems so relaxing)

I had to get a ball/ yarn winder cos much of the yarn I bought cheaply was in hanks and well, there's no other workable way to do it but to use a winder, as I found out. I shudder at the first ever attempt at dealing with modern hanks of yarn - I resorted to scissors!

Anyone else interested in some sort of craft along where we each do our own thing, or a shared thing even, and at our own pace and share our journey with it here? @Appleblossom @Bunniekins @cara @Snowie @CheerBear @Phoenix_Rising @Former-Member @Former-Member @Bubbles3 @Catcakes @Former-Member @TheVorticon @Mazarita @Former-Member